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THEORIES

ten myths of internet art

1.The internet is a medium delivering miniature forms of other art mediums.

No, because 1 : internet art tend to be positioning outside of the mainstream so searching general term, such as visual art, is not a simple solution to find and appriciate internet art.
 2 : sometimes existing art work is hard to be delivered properly by technical reason.

2. Internt art is appreciated only by an arcane subculture.

No,  because 1: that disconnection contributed to its broad appeal and international followings through the links and online communitiy sites.

3. To make internet art requires expensive equipment and special training.

No, but some restrictions like data transfering speed can be a factor to redirect path toward achieving conceptual elegance rather than theatrical overkill.

4. Internet art contributes to the 'digital divide".
Yes - some cases like ordering specific materials by internet to produce art work.
but in terms of distribution digitalisation can narrow the gap.

5. internet art = web art
No, because Web is a form of internet art. there are something else such as e-mail, peer to peer, messanger, etc.
and among these forms they can be switched here and there easily.

6. Intenet art is a form of web design.
P486  It may fashionable to view artists as " experienced designers", but there is more to art than design.
The distinction between the tow does not lie in differences in subject matter or context as much as in the fact that design serves recognized objectives, while art creates its objectives in the act of accomplishing them.....Design is a necessary, but not sufficient, condition for art.

7. Internet art is a form of technological innovation.
No, even so called internet artist work for making new application or plug-ins, that innovation itself is not art. P487 To use a tool as it was intended, whether a screwdriver or spreadsheet, is simply to fullfil its portential, by misusing that tool- that is , by peeling off its ideological wrapper and applying it to a purpose or effect that was not its maker's intention - artists can exploit a technology's hidden portential in an intelligent and revelatory way.
----    example - Jodi.org

8.Internet art is impossible to collect.

9. internet art will never be important because you can't sell a website.

10. looking at internet art is a solitary experience.
no, some internet work try to contain other audiences' alternations.

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